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Saturday, 6 December 2014

Christmas Sparkle

I had an odd strip of black glitter left over from a previous card, so I thought I'd use it to make a couple of Christmas cards.

I've used both the Memory Box 'Merry Christmas' die and the Die-namics 'Peek-a-boo Stars' die on other cards recently, but never the two dies together, so thought I'd try and use them on the same card. My first attempt was fine, until I realised that the star cutouts were upside-down, so this is card two! I hadn't actually noticed until I punched out a star for the top and then it looked really obvious. I'll have to do a bit of creative cutting with the first card and reassemble it in a different design, so I don't waste it! The sparkle looks much better IRL, but I think it just about shows up in the photo.

When I added the large punched star to the first card, it was so noticeable that the little stars had the middle points facing downwards. I'm sure if I send it to someone as it is, they probably wouldn't even notice. LOL! x

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Welcome to my blog. In March 2012, I decided to cross another thing off my 'bucket list' and create my own blog. Why 'Crafty Sunflower'? Well.... for the last 13 years of teaching fulltime, a job I loved, my Reception class was called Sunflower Class. For more than 13 years I've collected anything sunflower related! I've enjoyed a variety of crafts for as long as I can remember and these days making cards is what I enjoy most. Having benefited from the inspiration of others, I hope to pass on some of my ideas to anyone who visits my blog. If you use any of my ideas please put a link back to my blog. Please do not copy my cards for competitions or publication.